The impunity with which Gujarat MoS Bachubhai Khabad continues to stay in the cabinet with the panchayat portfolio, while his two sons have been arrested for alleged corruption in MGNREGA projects, is completely brazen. He should resign to ensure a fair investigation. The BJP should not stay silent on this.
Jaishankar-Anand call signals reset in India-Canada ties, strained by Trudeau’s divisive politics
The S Jaishankar-Anita Anand call signals a potential reset in India-Canada ties, long strained by Trudeau’s divisive, narrow-minded politics. With new leadership in Ottawa, both countries must move past mistrust, engage constructively, and rebuild their relationship with mutual respect and shared interests. This is how diplomacy is meant to work.
Tej Pratap Yadav’s expulsion is the tragedy of family-run parties. They hold state politics to ransom
Expulsion of Tej Pratap from both RJD and the Lalu Yadav family is another episode in the longest-running political soap opera in Bihar. It’s the tragedy of family-run parties. State politics is held to ransom to align with a family’s interpersonal relationships. Lalu’s election-year decision makes the plot more melodramatic.
All-party delegation’s 9/11 memorial visit positions Pahalgam attack as part of global war on terror
The all-party delegation’s visit to New York’s 9/11 memorial is semiotic brilliance. It positions Pahalgam attack firmly on the larger canvas of global war on terror, and as a shared problem. It brings focus to Pakistan’s continued complicity in acts of terror and shielding terrorists – Osama to Khalid Sheikh.
The caveat being that the West does not equate the lives of people living in developing countries with those in their own, even if these are lost in acts of terrorism. Consider how differently they respond to loss of precious civilian lives in Ukraine and Gaza. It is only now, after almost three months of stoppage of food and water that France, Britain and Canada are speaking up.